Chris Roberson — author of Superman : Grounded and I , Zombie — joins us this workweek on io9 ’s Geek ’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast to verbalize about risible record , writing the Man of Steel , and Lex Luthor ’s hair .
Art by Eddy Barrows via DC Comics
The Geek ’s Guide to the Galaxy is hosted by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley .
Read on for this episode ’s fabulous SHOW promissory note !
0:00 Introduction
audience : Chris Roberson
1:28 consultation begins
1:33 Is Chris a veridical Superman sports fan ?
1:53 Dressing up as Superman for an entire year
2:37 How many Superman comics has Roberson written ?
3:06 What has Superman been up to for the past 10 year ?
4:54 Which cities should Superman visit in Superman : Grounded ?
5:48 Reaction and feedback to Superman : Grounded
7:02 1992 ’s The Death of Superman
10:03 All - clock time favourite Superman tales
For the Man who has Everything
Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow ?
Supreme
private Identity
All Star Superman
11:36 Some of the strange things to materialize in Superman comics
14:15 The origin(s ) of the conflict between Superman and Lex Luthor
17:51 Working on a fibre with a tenacious , convoluted history
20:23 Is Superman too powerful to be interesting ?
21:52 Superman on TV and the Silver Screen
25:38 Advice for kids who want to write superhero comic
27:09 Who are some other superheroes Roberson would care to indite for ?
27:35Superhero : The Secret Origin of a Genre
29:52 What other amusing Quran projection is Roberson working on ?
31:00 “ I believe in Superman the way some people trust in Jesus ”
32:40 End of interview
Dave and John talk about superheroes
32:50Episode 40 of Geek ’s Guide to the Galaxy with Marjorie M. Liu
33:17 Dave and John chit-chat about Superhero movies , beginning withGreen Lantern lagger
34:14 John wants to sing aboutAlfred Bester , who apparently did n’t publish the Green Lantern curse word
35:16 The mysterious animation and death ofF. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
37:35 Thetrailer for Captain America
39:19 Should actor also be fan of the superhero they ’re portraying ?
40:00 How did John get interested in Captain America ?
41:51 Thetrailer for Thor
43:20 Thetrailer for X - men : First course of instruction
44:47 Superheroes in prose fiction
45:00 “ Captain Fantasy and the Secret Masters ” by Tim Pratt ( Podcastle )
47:06 “ Dr. Diablo move Through the Motions ” by Saladin Ahmed ( Strange Horizons )
48:30Uncomfortable Plot summary
49:07 Pandemonium by Darryl Gregory
51:08 before long I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
51:23 Nobody beget the Girl by James Maxey andPlaying for Keeps by Mur Lafferty
51:41 Wild Cards , edited by George R.R. Martin
52:09 dissemble , edit by Lou Anders
52:31 “ Thug ” by Gail Simone
53:09Women in Refrigerators
54:01 Who Can Save Us Now ? , edited by Owen King and John McNally
55:05 The Darker Mask : Heroes from the Shadows , edited by Gary Phillips and Christopher Chambers
55:39 Superheroes , blue-pencil by John Varley
56:52 Superhero RPGs
58:16 Is George R.R. Martin obsessed with rolling new superheroes ?
59:04 Wait ? The word “ Superhero ” is a registered trademark ?
1:00:46Stan Lee ’s Pow ! Entertainment suing A Fat Rabbit for trademark misdemeanor
1:03:31Marvel Zombiesand itsporn faces(Discussion Thread )
1:06:40 Show wrap - up
Thanks for listening !
John Joseph Adamsis an anthologist , a author , and a geek . He is the bestselling editor of the anthology By Blood We be , Federations , The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , The Living Dead ( a World Fantasy Award finalist ) , Seeds of Change , andWastelands : Stories of the Apocalypse . His most recent leger are The Living Dead 2 and The means of the Wizard , and he is presently assembling several other anthology , include Brave New Worlds and The Mad Scientist ’s Guide to World Domination . Barnes & Noble.com name him “ the reigning baron of the anthology world , ” and his book have been named to legion best of the year list . In addition to his anthology work , he work for more than eight yr as an editor at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , and is currently the editor ofLightspeed MagazineandFantasy Magazine .
David Barr Kirtleyhas publish fiction in powder magazine such as Realms of Fantasy , Weird Tales , Lightspeed , Intergalactic Medicine Show , On Spec , and Cicada , and in anthologies such as New Voices in Science Fiction , Fantasy : The Best of the Year , and The Dragon Done It . Recently he ’s contributed stories to several of John ’s anthologies , include The Living Dead , The Living Dead 2 , and The direction of the Wizard . He ’s look numerous written material workshops , include Clarion , Odyssey , Viable Paradise , James Gunn ’s Center for the Study of Science Fiction , and Orson Scott Card ’s Writers Bootcamp , and he holds an MFA in screenwriting and fable from the University of Southern California . He also teaches regularly at Alpha , a Pittsburgh - area scientific discipline fiction shop for young author . He dwell in New York .
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